Began training on racing cycles in 1979, riding upwards of 500 miles weekly around Dade county (Miami area), FL. Around the same time I started picking up my first cheapo weights on my back porch. Joined my first gym, Jack LaLanne's of North Miami Beach in 1981. Have been working out consistently since then but never competed because in '87 I married the girl I met just before I began working out and we got busy having six children. Work and duty came first all these years.

But on 7/4/09 I had a major heart attack and am around only because I received an emergency angioplasty/stent inside of 90 minutes from its onset. Thankfully, I live 10 minutes away from a regional cardio trauma center. I was back in the gym inside of two weeks and back on my racing dirtbike in less than four. Like most who've had a close scrape I've been rethinking a lot of things and trying to make changes. This year, my wife asked me to train her which I reluctantly agreed to but she proved to be a real trouper and did very well. We got on the idea of competing and so I decided not to "wait" any longer because I found out for sure no man knows how much longer he has to wait. I'm competed in the NPC 2012 Florida Gold Cup Master 50+ class this past Nov. 17th in West Palm Beach, finishing 2nd.

I like being strong and fit and the feeling of power in my movements. The activity is a great stress reliever and no matter how I feel going into the gym- good, bad or indifferent, I ALWAYS feel better afterwards.